NAME

vhe_altlog − login when Virtual Home Environment (VHE) home machine is not available

SYNOPSIS

/usr/etc/vhe/vhe_altlog

DESCRIPTION

vhe_altlog is a shell script that permits a user to log in when the home machine is not accessible through Virtual Home Environment (VHE).  This script is executed when a login using the user name of altlogin is completed.  After the user logs in using the user login name altlogin, vhe_altlog asks for a user name and password.  If these are valid, the user is logged in on the machine and the home directory is a temporary directory such as /tmp.  This provides user access to other machines in the group of VHE nodes even though a home machine is not available. 

A user entry for altlogin must be present in /etc/passwd for it to be a valid login name.  A typical entry resembles the following:

altlogin::6:1::/tmp:/usr/etc/vhe/vhe_altlog

DIAGNOSTICS

If an invalid user name or password is supplied, the attempted login is rejected. 

AUTHOR

vhe_altlog was developed by HP. 

FILES

/etc/passwd

SEE ALSO

vhe_mounter(1M), vhe_u_mnt(1M), vhe_list(4). 

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  HP-UX Release 9.0: August 1992